May Issue States

This is a discussion on May Issue States within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I was thinking about the way may issue states work in that some of them will only issue carry permits to someone politically connected and ...

"In New York City, a concealed weapons permit is theoretically possible to get but in reality it takes a large degree of money, political influence, and/or celebrity to get one. Examples of current and past New York City permit holders would be Senator Charles Schumer, Robert DeNiro, Don Imus, Howard Stern, Ronald Lauder, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Donald Trump, William F. Buckley Jr., Harvey Keitel, Joan Rivers, Arthur Sulzberger, and Bill Cosby."

"In New York City, a concealed weapons permit is theoretically possible to get but in reality it takes a large degree of money, political influence, and/or celebrity to get one. Examples of current and past New York City permit holders would be Senator Charles Schumer, Robert DeNiro, Don Imus, Howard Stern, Ronald Lauder, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Donald Trump, William F. Buckley Jr., Harvey Keitel, Joan Rivers, Arthur Sulzberger, and Bill Cosby."

"In New York City, a concealed weapons permit is theoretically possible to get but in reality it takes a large degree of money, political influence, and/or celebrity to get one. Examples of current and past New York City permit holders would be Senator Charles Schumer, Robert DeNiro, Don Imus, Howard Stern, Ronald Lauder, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Donald Trump, William F. Buckley Jr., Harvey Keitel, Joan Rivers, Arthur Sulzberger, and Bill Cosby."

"In New York City, a concealed weapons permit is theoretically possible to get but in reality it takes a large degree of money, political influence, and/or celebrity to get one. Examples of current and past New York City permit holders would be Senator Charles Schumer, Robert DeNiro, Don Imus, Howard Stern, Ronald Lauder, Edgar Bronfman Sr., Donald Trump, William F. Buckley Jr., Harvey Keitel, Joan Rivers, Arthur Sulzberger, and Bill Cosby."

The standard rejection explanation in these states is, "You don't have a reason to carry a gun around." So, typically, they will approve permits for people who handle cash, jewelry, or pharmaceuticals for their businesses, but these carry permits will be limited to "business hours" or "to and from the bank" or other nonsense like that. In Maryland you can get a permit to carry for self-defense only if you can verify actual threats to you recorded in affidavit or police reports.

But these big name famous people, of course, face much more inherent danger to their own safety and well-being simply because they are famous and well-known. Ergo, they have sufficient reason to carry a gun!

Yeah, it sucks, and sucks royally at that. But the internal "logic" (dare I use the word?) is consistent and is not, on its face, an obvious form of discrimination.